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::It's a systemic change in how they sell the product, but from what I can tell the only 'anti-consumer' element is that you now have to pay money for it, which is not really anti-consumer. and providing a buggy demo is just a product quality issue, which is also not really relevant. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 13:48, 19 August 2025 (UTC) | ::It's a systemic change in how they sell the product, but from what I can tell the only 'anti-consumer' element is that you now have to pay money for it, which is not really anti-consumer. and providing a buggy demo is just a product quality issue, which is also not really relevant. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 13:48, 19 August 2025 (UTC) | ||
:::That makes sense in the way you framed it. My perspective was more along the lines of: if a developer releases fully functional free software primarily to build up a user base, and then later turns it into a limited demo, effectively making the free version unusable compared to before, that feels anti-consumer to me. Not so much because they started charging, but because of the shift from genuinely free to intentionally crippled, which creates a kind of bait-and-switch dynamic. But I understand that might be more of a gray area under the wiki’s scope. Should I take down the page on it [[User:GujaStudios|GujaStudios]] ([[User talk:GujaStudios|talk]]) 18:56, 19 August 2025 (UTC) | :::That makes sense in the way you framed it. My perspective was more along the lines of: if a developer releases fully functional free software primarily to build up a user base, and then later turns it into a limited demo, effectively making the free version unusable compared to before, that feels anti-consumer to me. Not so much because they started charging, but because of the shift from genuinely free to intentionally crippled, which creates a kind of bait-and-switch dynamic. But I understand that might be more of a gray area under the wiki’s scope. Should I take down the page on it [[User:GujaStudios|GujaStudios]] ([[User talk:GujaStudios|talk]]) 18:56, 19 August 2025 (UTC) | ||
::::I think that might be for the best - it's one of those things where it can feel bad to have happen to a product you use, but it doesn't reach the threshold of the kind of behaviour the wiki is focused on. | |||
::::It would also be another thing if they were running an open source repo with lots of community contributions, then took it closed source in a way that violated the license or something like that, but from what I can tell that's not what's happened here. | |||
::::Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I hope to see you around on some other articles! | |||
::::Best wishes, [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 21:39, 19 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::That does makes sense. [[User:GujaStudios|GujaStudios]] ([[User talk:GujaStudios|talk]]) 09:31, 20 August 2025 (UTC) | |||